Newport v Notts County preview
Monday 20 August 2018 13:14, UK
Captain Andrew Crofts could return to the Newport County line-up for Tuesday's League Two clash against Notts County at Rodney Parade.
Crofts missed the 1-1 draw at Exeter on Saturday because of a toe injury, but manager Michael Flynn will hope to see him available as County looked to build on that impressive result.
Mark O'Brien is now back in the mix after recovering from an injury suffered during a pre-season friendly against Hereford, but Robbie Willmott remains sidelined. And Flynn will need to run checks on long-serving David Pipe, who suffered a knock during the Exeter game and did not appear for the second half.
Notts County boss Kevin Nolan saw his side suffer a 4-0 home defeat against Yeovil three days ago, and they have collected just one point so far this season.
Nolan made two changes for the Glovers clash, calling up midfielder Noor Husin and striker Kristian Dennis, but his team were outgunned by a Yeovil side quicker in thought and deed, leaving Nolan to think long and hard about team selection for the trip to south Wales.
Jon Stead and Matt Tootle are among those who could be called up, with Nolan's reaction to a dreadful result including him summoning his players for a weekend video debrief.
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Notts County have won five of their previous 10 meetings with Newport in the Football League (D2 L3).
At home, Newport have only won once in their last five league matches against Notts County (2-1 in May 2017), drawing two and losing the other two.
Newport are currently on a four game winning home run in the league. They last won five home games in a row in August 2017.
Notts County have not won any of their last five league matches (D2 L3), this after winning three straight matches.
Newport striker Padraig Amond has scored three goals in his last three games in all competitions, including the winner in their last home league match against Crewe.
